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London's V&A Museum draws flak over sketching underwear ban

Critics on Monday accused London's iconic Victoria & Albert Museum of compromising its role as a source of inspiration for artists after forbidding visitors from sketching exhibits from its new underwear show. The world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, which houses over 4.5 million objects, said it had erected signs forbidding...

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Victoria and Albert opens ‘Undressed’ fashion exhibition

Lingerie is the main focus of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s latest fashion exhibition, with the London museum displaying the largest exhibition of underwear ever to go on display with more than 200 pieces being showcased. ‘Undressed: A Brief History of Underwear’ explores the history of underwear design from the 18th century to present day,...